Organization

I used to run a small business, and I have to say that I "sucked" at organization, especially come tax time. My receipts were all over the place from small ticket items to big ticket items. In fact, I'm being audited for tax year 2008 and I can't find my old receipts! I think I must have thrown some away. What I want from technology is to help me organize my receipts in a very simple way without me having to do all the work. I saw a commercial on t.v. called the neat desk (I think that's what it was called) and all I would simply do is place the receipt on a scanner like device and the device inputs all receipts, documents, notes, etc... and organizes everything in the computer. You don't really have to do any work! The other option I thought of was excel. I wanted to be proficient in Microsoft office especially excel, as it is a powerful tool used by many businesses, but of course, time, money, and dedication is the only way to really learn the program. A friend of mine bought the package of learning excel for, in those days, over $300. It was one of tutorials where you watch on tv and you learn it with your computer. You can pause, stop and play at your convenient. For me, I found it really boring. I prefer a class setting where there is interaction with the person teaching.
I think there are so many technology and software available for free or for a fee that I have gotten burnt out by alot of them.